Pilot Non-Error
I. Barry Goldberg
After 20-plus years of Executive & Leadership Coaching, big room facilitation, and coach training, I have mostly retired to a writing career at ibarrygoldberg.substack.com/
One the of best things about Vistage is that you have access to people who, while peers in terms of position, think differently and come from different industries (surrounding yourself with copies of yourself seems a little pointless).
Another way for executives to expand their mental modus operandi is to look at other professions and activities for some insights into self-management. C-Level people often look to sports and the military for such examples. Another that you might consider is aviation where pilot error is what usually kills people….making?pilot non-error?vital.??
A former TV Producer and network executive, Mitch Semel, pursued a second career as a flight instructor and appreciates better than most the need to get it right. In his short article?Why You Should Think Like a Pilot?he advises that?“skills?essential to safe flying apply just as well to making you better at whatever you do.”
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